Figure 3. Photograph of the Japan Marine Science and Technology
Center's (JAMSTEC) ROV,
the Kaiko. All seafloor assembly electrical connections, the data storage unit, and the data handling
and control unit (see Fig. 6A and 6B) can be
removed and replaced by such an ROV. The Kaiko is
scheduled to visit Site WP-2 in November 2000 to activate the borehole observatory.